gpac command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gpac command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gpac: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpac: command not found

Solutions to gpac: command not found

How To Fix gpac: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gpac is provided by gpac package.

gpac is:

GPAC stands for GPAC Project on Advanced Content (a recursive acronym). It is an Open Source multimedia framework for research and academic purposes. The project covers different aspects of multimedia, with a focus on presentation technologies (graphics, animation and interactivity).

This package contains the following utilities:

MP4Client (content packaging)
MP4Box

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gpac

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gpac.

sudo apt -y install gpac

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gpac

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gpac command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.